Published in Enrique Dans·13 hours agoMember-onlyAt last, some good news! Despite the war in Ukraine, Europe is on track to meet its green energy objectivesThe latest Ember report provides a positive summary of power generation in Europe during 2022, and forecasts the outlook for 2023, dispelling widespread fears in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Over the last year, wind and solar power generation overtook gas-fired energy production for the first time…Renewable Energy4 min readRenewable Energy4 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·1 day agoMember-onlyGoogle readies to meet the ChatGPT challengeThe red alert at Google triggered by the November launch and viral popularity of ChatGPT, prompting the return of its founders (Sergey Brin has made his first code request in many years), will see the company make a very public splash on February 8. The arms race sparked by OpenAI…Google3 min readGoogle3 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·2 days agoMember-onlyCould time be running out for TikTok?A coalition of Republican and Democrat U.S. congressional representatives appears to be inching closer to the idea of an outright ban on TikTok in the United States that would include its removal from the Apple and Android app stores. The idea, which would follow a ban on the campuses of…Tiktok App3 min readTiktok App3 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·3 days agoMember-onlyHow decentralized apps could change social networks for the betterWe’re going to be seeing more and more of stuff like the newly launched Twitter-style microblogging app called Damus, which is now available on Apple’s App Store after undergoing testing. Damus uses a decentralized protocol called Nostr (Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays), a network based on cryptographic key…Social Media3 min readSocial Media3 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·4 days agoMember-onlyCan technology and market forces drive decarbonization?An analysis of the impact of human activity on carbon dioxide emissions, shows that transportation and electricity generation are by far the two main culprits, making up 27% and 25% respectively. …Concrete4 min readConcrete4 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·5 days agoMember-onlyThis is how platforms end, not with a bang, but a poop…On January 21st, Cory Doctorow posted a lengthy piece on his website called “Tiktok’s enshittification”. It’s not specifically about TikTok, but rather about a pattern of behavior that has affected, one by one, all platforms as they develop, as they go public, and as they come under increased pressure to…Cory Doctorow3 min readCory Doctorow3 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·6 days agoMember-onlyDoes the future of K-pop lie in the metaverse?South Korea can only be defined with one word: different. If you visit it and see it properly, whether you like it or not, and you may find it overwhelming or even dystopian at times… but from a Western perspective, there’s no denying that it’s a place unlike any other. …South Korea3 min readSouth Korea3 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·Jan 29Member-onlyDoes a declining smartphone market reflect the economic downturn, or is something else going on?If there is one thing that the figures for the consumer electronics industry have shown over the past year, it’s that there’s been a sharp drop in sales of its flagship product, the smartphone. A 9% drop in the second quarter of 2022 was followed by an 11% drop in…Smartphones3 min readSmartphones3 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·Jan 28Member-onlyBy 2030, Uber and Lyft will be zero emission in New York CityNew York City Hall has told Uber and Lyft that they must transition their fleets to EVs by 2030. The only remarkable thing about the decision is why it took so long: many taxis are on the road 24/7, as opposed to the 3% use rate of most privately owned…New York2 min readNew York2 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·Jan 28Member-onlyNew York points the way to an American green energy revolutionIn the picture, New York’s Ravenswood power plant, a 2,480MW plant built in 1963 that has been run by several companies and that was the proposed site for two nuclear reactors in the 1970s, plans that were dropped due to safety concerns. Located in Long Island City in Queens, opposite…New York2 min readNew York2 min read
